The US librarian who sued book ban harassers: ‘I decided

After Amanda Jones got death threats for speaking out against censorship, she sued her attackers and wrote a memoir

A librarian in Louisiana – one of the first in the US to file a lawsuit for defamation against her detractors – is speaking out about the fight she’s been part of as censorship and books bans escalate around the country.

Amanda Jones vividly remembers the time she received her first death threat. Hate, online bullying or photos sent to her house circling her face with red Biro like a target had been unsettling, but not uncommon. This was different.